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POSB Donates Sanitary Wear to Marimasimbe Secondary School Girls in Gokwe

June 8, 2023 Kuda Pembere

THE People’s Own Saving Bank (POSB), a leading financial services provider in the country has donated sanitary wear to Marimasimbe Secondary School girls in Gokwe as part of its contribution towards promoting access to menstrual hygiene products through its ‘Donate a Pad and Keep a Girl in School’ launched early this year. By Staff Reporter Through this initiative, staff members donate pads or leave days which are converted to cash used to purchase sanitary wear. The Bank also contributes by matching the staff donation. The pads are then distributed to…

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Amnesty For Rapists Saga: Linda Masarira to petition President Mnangagwa to return rapists to prison

May 24, 2023May 24, 2023 Michael Gwarisa

FIREBRAND politician and president of LEAD, Linda Masarira, is the process of drafting a petition to have all rape offenders who were released on Presidential Amnesty returned to prison and locked up until their sentence lapses. By Michael Gwrisa The development comes following the release of 4270 inmates during a Presidential amnesty by President Emmerson Mnangwga, where amnesty was granted to various categories of prisoners including those who are terminally ill, those who have served at least three-quarters of their sentence, or one tenth if over the age of 60.…

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Woman Relives 12 Year Ordeal With Obstetric Fistula

May 24, 2023May 24, 2023 Michael Gwarisa

AS an orphan and at age 14, Tendai Chimana (now 40), got into an early child marriage. This occurred after she had dropped out of school in Grade 7 and started working as a house help in Harare since she had relocated from her rural home in Birchenough Bridge, Manicaland. By Michael Gwarisa Some months into her marriage, she conceived and everything was normal. Trouble only came around the third trimester when her husband suggested that she goes and deliver the child in rural Bocha where her aunt resided. It…

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Ezra foundation donates sanitary wear in Mhondoro

May 17, 2023 Healthtimes

MHONDORO – Ezra foundation has donated 267 kits of reusable sanitary wear to female students at Chitemere Secondary School in Mhondoro in an effort to end period poverty. By Staff Reporter Period poverty is a global issue affecting women and girls who don’t have access to the safe, hygienic menstrual products they need. Zimbabwe is experiencing rising cases of period poverty due to rising costs of living, making access to sanitary wear impossible for rural girls, and increasing cases of absenteeism at school. Statistics from the World Bank show that…

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Shacking Off GBV: Zimbabwe’s Spotlight Initiative hosts Zumba Session to raise awareness on GBV

May 15, 2023 Michael Gwarisa

THE Spotlight Initiative in Zimbabwe on Saturday, May 13, 2023 hosted a #ShakeOffGBV Zumba Session to remind communities of the harm Gender Based Violence (GBV) poses in as far as blocking women and girls from realizing their full potential. By Michael Gwarisa According to the 2015 Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey, about one in three women aged 15 to 49 have experienced physical violence, and about one in four women have experienced sexual violence, since the age of 15. With elections approaching, fears are that more women and girls could…

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SAT holds fun-run for adolescents

May 15, 2023May 16, 2023 Kuda Pembere

THE Sexual Reproductive Health Rights Africa Trust (SAT) on Saturday brought SRHR services as well as health and wellbeing activities at Westgate Shopping Centre. By Kudakwashe Pembere Youngsters were joined by adults in a 10 kilometre fun-run. SAT Zimbabwe Country operations manager Mrs Hamida Ismail- Mauto in an interview said the fun-run was meant to raise awareness on SRHR services to adolescents. SAT just hosted a fun-run or a fun-walk. We were targeting adolescents and young people as a way to raise awareness on access to SRHR services and then also encourage exercise…

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There Is No Better Way To Start Your Day Than To Start With An Orgasm

April 18, 2023April 18, 2023 Healthtimes

Have you ever noticed how agitated and militant people can be when they are sexually frustrated? It’s like they are always to fight and in a perennial defensive mode. Sexual frustration is described a state of irritation, agitation, or stress resulting from sexual inactivity or dissatisfaction. It is a common, natural feeling, and can affect anyone. According to Medical News Today, Sexual frustration is a natural response that many people experience at one time or another. It refers to an imbalance between a person’s sexual desires and their reality. Some…

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Chief Charumbira faces arrest over sexual indecency

April 17, 2023April 17, 2023 Healthtimes

CHIEF Fortune Charumbira has been charged for sexual indecency after he allegedly fondled and kissed his niece without her consent. By Staff Reporter He is the President of the Chief’s Council of Zimbabwe and also the President of the Pan African Parliament. The niece Paidamoyo Majaya aged 27 reported the case at Masvingo Police Central which has since been transferred to Harare. It is alleged the two met twice on different occassions in Harare where Chief Charumbira allegedly fondled her without her consent. He was charged under the INDECENT ASSAULT…

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Women With Disabilities Become Targets Of Rape In Zimbabwe

April 14, 2023April 14, 2023 Kuda Pembere

WOMEN and girls with disabilities are increasingly becoming easy targets for Sexual Gender Based Violence (SGBV) as they struggle to report the abuse due to lack of disability friendly referral pathways for sexual abuse. By Kudakwashe Pembere This was said by Deaf Women Included board vice-chairperson, Ms Cleopatra Nyaku on Thursday on the sidelines of a Sexual Reproductive Health Rights and Disability Inclusivity workshop. As DWI our position on Gender based violence is that our constituency which is mainly women and girls with disabilities particularly those with hearing impairments, are…

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Zimbabwe Parliament Proposes Harsh Penalties For Men Who Impregnate 10 Year Olds

April 6, 2023April 6, 2023 Michael Gwarisa

FOLLOWING release of the Vital Statistics Report by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat), which shows that 696 girls aged 10 to 14 gave 12 months before the Census night in 2022, Parliament is now demanding action from the ministries of health and that of home affairs. By Michael Gwarisa According to the report, over 68,639 teenagers aged 15 to 19 also fell pregnant and gave birth during the same period. The issue has since attracted national attention, with most members of Parliament agreeing that stricter penalties should be…

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